{"id":25268,"date":"2020-12-16T16:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=25268"},"modified":"2020-12-29T15:04:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T15:04:48","slug":"damaged-bt-subsea-fibre-knocks-broadband-out-on-westray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/12\/damaged-bt-subsea-fibre-knocks-broadband-out-on-westray.html","title":{"rendered":"Damaged BT Subsea Fibre Knocks Broadband Out on Westray UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband services to hundreds of premises on Westray, which is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland and is home to a population of around 600 people, have been disrupted after one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s subsea fibre optic cables was damaged. Phone and mobile services are continuing to function (this traffic can be routed via other methods).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At this stage it&#8217;s not known what caused the damage, although cable breaks are not uncommon on subsea routes. Most cable breaks occur due to accidents by deep sea fishing trawlers, as well as ships dragging their anchor over them or marine life deciding to take a nibble (smaller cables have been broken by hungry sharks in the past, but modern cables tend to be resistant).<\/p>\n<p>A whole industry exists to repair such cables, although the catch is that it often takes a few weeks to fix such damage &#8211; depending upon the type of break, sea depth, weather conditions and various other factors (e.g. availability of a suitable cable repair ship).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>A Spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> said (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orcadian.co.uk\/subsea-cable-damage-causes-westray-broadband-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Orcadian<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re sorry about the disruption to service and advise residents and businesses to speak to their broadband provider for practical advice.<\/p>\n<p>Our emergency response team is on its way and, weather permitting, will arrive later today to provide islanders with emergency access to the internet from a central location.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The description given in the article suggests that the break occurred some 8km off the &#8220;<em>mainland<\/em>&#8220;, although as this comes from a local newspaper then that&#8217;s probably a reference to Orkney&#8217;s mainland rather than Scotland. The only subsea fibre that we know of going to Westray itself runs between Orkney&#8217;s mainland (near Evie) and the beach near Midbea on Westray (this was installed in 2014 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) &#8211; we&#8217;ve attempted to draw this (roughly) on the map.<\/p>\n<p>Given the depth on that route, we&#8217;d think the most likely cause to be fishing trawlers or ship anchors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 29th Dec 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cable has now been repaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband services to hundreds of premises on Westray, which is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland and is home to a population of around 600 people, have been disrupted after one of BT&#8217;s subsea fibre optic cables was damaged. 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